£1.25 for a Wispa!! What grocery prices have given you a shock lately?

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I nipped down to the shop this morning to buy some tea bags. In the opposite aisle, all the chocolate bars were lined up. I don't buy chocolate generally, but a Wispa bar winked at me. I took it to the till - £1.25 for a Wispa bar that is easily 2/3 of the size of the Wispa bars of my childhood.

I exclaimed to the cashier, who I know, and we had a nice conversation with another customer about rising prices, the cost of cereal shooting up, fuel, of course...it got me thinking.

What prices have you been shocked by when you're doing your shopping? My tins of tomatoes seem very stable at 47p per tin (I could get them for 43p but can't be bothered to get the tin opener out so I'm happy to pay a 4p ring-pull tax).

Your tinned tomatoes might not be stable for much longer. If the current situation drags on, farmers’ costs are going to be passed on

£7.50 for a small box of Ferrero rocher !!!!!!!

my friend did not receive this as a treat after all!

Honestly our local convenience store is making a fortune compared to the supermarket on sweets, chocolate, fizzy drinks etc.

79p for a can instead of £1.60 in Tesco!!!

I'm so glad DH isn't on MN as he would be all over this thread 😂

The amount of times I've picked something up off the supermarket shelf and put it back when I've seen the price!

The last one being a tub of Haagen Dazs ice cream. £7.50?!?!

The two main ones for me are olive oil (I don't buy it any more) and coffee (I buy it through gritted teeth). I hope the growers/farmers are actually getting a fair portion of the inflated prices and it's not all just going to distributors etc.

Was tinned soup shopping this week and nearly fainted 🤯

went for own brand instead at about 1/3 of the cost…

If she lived in the UK under Royal mail she probably wouldn't get it for several weeks even if it was posted in the next town. happened to me but whole new thread, as you were peeps...

I think this is what should have been addressed rather than the sugar tax.
It shouldn’t be cheaper to buy a multipack of crisps, big bottle of fizzy drink or bars of chocolate.

I went into a local newsagent's this morning for a can of Monster and fainted at the price - £2.99 for one! I know they have to make a profit as they're independent, small and not part of a well-known chain, but I thought sod that, went into Spar and got a box of 4 for £5.25!

Also, something I seldom eat is chocolate bars, but I had an urge for a single Snickers bar, but not at £1.45, and they're basically only half the size of the original, so I grabbed a pack of 4 for £3.39. Those and the Monsters, being multi-packs, will last me a couple of months!

Nuts, especially pistachios!
With most of these price hikes it means that buying luxury or ethical brands is still more expensive but the difference has decreased.
It can only get worse on imported raw materials like chocolate or nuts as fuel prices go up with the current unrest.

But they are about an inch long. I'd rather have a three pack. But yes, multipacks are the way to go per 100g.

3.75 for a 500ml Diet Coke at WH Smith at Waterloo Station. I put it back

I bought a whoosh from tesco the other day which in itself is more expensive obv as tesco express prices and then extra still for convinience.

When adding the drink to my meal deal I was offered a can of coca cola in 500ml size (assume a new item as we all know usually the bottles) but it was priced as 1.50 as club card offer price of normal price 2.50!

Who the hell would pay 2.50 for 500ml or cola, even coca cola, at a price higher more than a 2 litre bottle in some places, just because it happens to be in a can?

£3.25 for a 500ml bottle of Tango from a vending machine - I cancelled the transaction!

Lindt excellence dark chocolate £3.75! And Sainsbury's Stamford Street chocolate now 75p - I remember their basics (same) used to be 35p. At one stage the S Street was even more expensive but there were a lot of complaints. Also toilet paper, goes up every time I buy any.

DH used to work in sainsburys years ago and he said they will raise the price of something for a few weeks to then put it on nectar so you think you're getting a good deal when the reality is that it should be that price to begin with. They do it with the skyr yoghurt all the time. They have it marked up at £2.50 then put it on nectar for £1.25. Asda sell it for £1.52 all the time.

Not so much the prices which are shockingly high… but in my little Sainsbury’s local all the chocolate is behind security shutter things!! What a sad world that needs security for chocolate…

I get my soup at Lidl and is about 70p maybe? Is nice tasting too.

@NobodysChildNow thanks for the good advice, I have got a short variety of carrots so we don't need deep pots (most of it will have to be in pots) I'm going to just stick some normal potatoes that I've ignored to the point of sprouting into the ground, and see what happens. Also taking some seeds from a pepper and hoping they grow. We've been using recycling pots as seed trays. Do you use bird netting to protect things? Looking for a cheap way of doing that before daring to venture into blackcurrants/fruit canes.

We go own brand but for tomato soup it's got to be Heinz unfortunately (unless anyone can recommend one that tastes the same!)

I always used to get the three of us a large Easter Egg each, up to a couple of years ago they were around £8.00 - £10 each, but often on an offer if I bought 2, so it would generally be £25 or less.

3 large eggs this year are £15 - £17 each.

We have three smaller ones this year.

The Co-Op sells rump steak for £3.90, so I buy from there occasionally. It is pretty good.

My DH asked if I was making my usual mini egg things (nests, cake etc decorated with mini eggs) for Easter. Defo can’t afford to do the cake!

Yes... It's outrageous! Sure it was about 80p last time i looked!

I have started using online cards for overseas friends and family - added joy in knowing they get delivered. Friend in NZ still waiting for last year's birthday card.